Radicalization as cause and consequence of violence in genocides and mass killings

McDoom, Omar Shahabudin

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“…Admittedly, the narrow focus on the intentions has been challenged in recent literature as displayed in the special section of this journal’s first Volume (Issue 1) on perpetrating violence, but still the focus remains in and around the question of intentions. For example, recent studies show that the motivation of perpetrators functions not only as cause but also can be the consequence of radicalization (McDoom, 2020) and it changes over time during the process of action (Reinermann and Williams, 2020), which provides a time dimension to the perpetration of violence (Collins, 2020).…”

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Act of violence: Undecidability and embodiment in the Geochang civilian massacre

Kang¹

2022

Violence: An International Journal

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Mass killing during security practices is often conceptualized as either unintended consequences or state violence. Looking away from the conventional frame that focuses on intentions of perpetrators, I suggest focusing on the embodied act in perpetrating violence, which illuminates another mechanism that has not been fully explored in perpetrator studies. I argue that undecidability embedded in embodying national security prompts the act of violence. Drawing on performative theories of Derrida and Butler, I show how national security as the normative ideal is embodied through practices of security agents in a way in which the option of using violence appears as optimal, or even desirable, to achieve security. My theoretical argument is epitomized in the security practices that killed 517 civilians during the military operation in Geochang. By tracing the fifth operation order as a security script, I illuminate how civilian killing appears as a way of carrying out military orders. I first lay out my theoretical argument. Second, I introduce the script that prompts mass killing in the case of the Geochang civilian massacre and situate it within the contexts of the Korean War, the guerrilla war, and the Cold War. Finally, I analyze how security practices of the soldiers in Geochang generate mass violence.

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Act of violence: Undecidability and embodiment in the Geochang civilian massacre

Kang¹

2022

Violence: An International Journal

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From Envy to Radicalization

Moncrieff,

Lienard

2023

Evolutionary Psychological Science

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Models of radicalization have typically placed grievances at the heart of radicalization. In contrast, we argue that viewing the radicalizing agent as decidedly proactive, and less reactive, better accounts for the available data. At the core of our radicalization model is the functional structure of envy. The operative properties of the emotion align with essential and conspicuous features of the radicalization process: a motivation to monitor social differentials, an identification of sources of postulated welfare costs, an impulse to eliminate or depower purported competitors, an attempt to diffuse responsibility for one’s aggressive actions, and the rejoicing at the envied agent’s misfortune. Two of those operative properties are particularly important for our understanding of radicalization. Envy motivates the neutralization of competitors when responsibility for welfare costs is not objectively attributable to others’ wrongdoing toward the party who feels injured. The “process of typification” serves as a means to diffuse responsibility. It extends the reach of individual concerns by downplaying the particulars of the personal situation motivating the envious agent while evoking universally shared interaction templates (e.g., humiliation, injustice) to appeal to a broader audience.

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One-sided violence aus handlungstheoretischer Perspektive – Eine Reflexion der Motive für Gewalt

Hanzel

2021

Z Friedens und Konflforsch

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ZusammenfassungOne-sided violence hat sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten zur dominierenden Gewaltform in bewaffneten Konflikten weltweit entwickelt. Dabei blieb jedoch die Frage nach den Motiven für solches Verhalten bisher weitgehend unbelichtet. Im Rahmen dieses Artikels soll deshalb der Versuch unternommen werden, eine Typologie potenzieller Motive für Akte von one-sided violence zu entwickeln, mit dem Ziel der Schaffung einer theoretischen Basis für die handlungstheoretische Erschließung des Phänomens, als auch einer konzeptuellen Grundlage für weitere empirische Forschung auf diesem Gebiet. Dies geschieht dabei unter Bezugnahme auf die bereits in der Literatur existierenden, theoretischen Positionen zu Motivlagen von one-sided violence, als auch Max Webers „Bestimmungsgründe sozialen Handelns“. Im Rahmen des Artikels soll dabei versucht werden, beide Perspektiven gewinnbringend miteinander zu verbinden. Ziel des Artikels ist es den Möglichkeitsraum der Motive für Akte von one-sided violence handlungstheoretisch zu erschließen, sowie für zukünftige empirische Forschung theoretisch vorzustrukturieren.

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Radicalization as cause and consequence of violence in genocides and mass killings

Cited by 7 publications

References 35 publications

Act of violence: Undecidability and embodiment in the Geochang civilian massacre

Act of violence: Undecidability and embodiment in the Geochang civilian massacre

From Envy to Radicalization

One-sided violence aus handlungstheoretischer Perspektive – Eine Reflexion der Motive für Gewalt

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